20 BAB'S PHOTOGRAPH
"May I also draw your attention to the fact that the Bab's photograph which appeared in Nicolas' book, Siyyid Ali Muhammad dit le Bab, many years ago, is not authentic, although it presents great similarity to the original drawings of the Bab's portrait." (7:4)

21 BAHA'I DISPENSATION (Duration of)
"Concerning your question relative to the duration of the Baha'i Dispensation. There is no contradiction between Baha'u'llah's statement in the Iqan about the renewal of the City of God once every thousand years, and that of the Guardian in the Dispensation to the effect that the Baha'i cycle will extend over a period of at least 500,000 years. The apparent contradiction is due to the confusion of the terms cycle and dispensation. For while the Dispensation of Baha'u'llah will last for at least one thousand years, His Cycle will extend still farther, to at least 500,000 years. (7:5)

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